Bill-book.



PATENTYED JAN. 10, 1905. M. L. SOHULTZE.

, BILL BOOK.- APPLIOATIOH FILED MAY 18. 1901.

UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OEEIcE.

MARY L. SOHULTZE, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN MEHL &COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,742, dated January10, 1905.

Applieationfiled May 18, 1901. Serial No. 60,824.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY L. SOHULTZE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Bill-Book, of which the followingis a specification.

'My invention relates to a bill-book, with the object in view ofproviding a card case or pocket for the reception of one or'more cards,which case may at the same time form a thumb-piece for exerting pressureupon the bills to hold them in position while selecting the one or morerequired for immediate use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the bill-book as itappears when closed. Fig. 2 is an inner face view of the same whenopened, showing the position of the card in the card-receiving pocket orcase. Fig. 3 represents the use of the card-case in holding bills inposition for selecting one or more of them at pleasure, and Fig. 4 is asection through the body of the book and card pocket or case in theplane of the line AA of Fig. 2.

The body of the book is denoted by a and is made of sufficient width andlength to receive upon its face the ordinary bank notes or billscommonly used in connection with United States currency. It is intendedthat the body a shall be somewhat wider than the bills and that it shallhave sufficient length to allow them to lie out flat, as shown in Fig.3, leaving the tapered end 6 of the body portion free to be folded over,as shown in Fig. l, and clasped to the back of the body portion, as atc, Fig. 4.

Extending laterally from the body a is a card case or pocket (Z, theinner or front wall 6 of which is provided with a central opening f forthe purpose of displaying therethrough the name on the card, asrepresented in Fig. 2. The back wall of the card-case is denoted by gand is preferably made to correspond with the back of the body portiona.

When employed for selecting bills for immediate use, the book is held inthe position shown in Fig. 3, with the body portion unfolded, exposingthe bills, and with the pocket or card-case folded over onto the billsand held there by the thumb of the user while the bill required forimmediate use is selected by the thumb and finger of the opposite hand,as clearly indicated in said Fig. 3. This provides for holding the billsagainst liability of becoming scattered when the back is opened in aplace exposed to the wind, and the card-case attachment, which performsthe double function of holding the bills in shape and holding one ormore cards, is so constructed that the card therein may be changed atpleasure to suit the address in the event the address changes.

The pocket or card-case may have its back wall formed integral with theback or outer wall of the body a, or it may be secured thereto in anywell-known or approved manner.

What I claim is A bill-book comprising an elongated body portionsuitable for receiving bills on its inner face spread out in flat formand having its opposite ends adapted to fold inwardly over the centralportion, one of said ends being sufiiciently extended to overlap thefolded portions and a laterally-extended card-pocket joined at one edgeto the central portion of the said body portion and consisting of a backand face piece, the face-piece being cutaway centrally to expose thename on the card and having its two sides and one edge stitched to theback, leaving an opening for the card at the end in proximity to thebody portion, the said extended portion being arranged to fold over thebills spread on the said body portion before the opposite ends of thebody portion are folded and overlap, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 16th day of May, A. D. 1901.

MARY L. SOHULTZE.

Witnesses:

ROBERT SEIsER, CHAS. IHLE, Jr.

